Famous Philosophical Quotes

Be careful what you wish for, cuz you might get it - Unknown.

The basic position of man in rebellion against God is that man is at the center of the universe, that he is autonomous -- here lies his rebellion. Man will keep his rationalism and his rebellion, his insistence on total autonomy or partially autonomous areas, even if it means he must give up his rationality.
(Francis A. Schaeffer, Escape From Reason, Ch. 3)



Modern man says, "No, we are just machines -- chemically determined or psychologically determined." But nobody consistently lives this way in his life. I would insist that here is a presupposition which intellectually, in the laboratory, would be cast out simply because it does not explain what is.
(Francis A. Schaeffer, The Church at the End of the Twentieth Century, Ch. 1)

"100 per cent of us die, and the percentage cannot be increased."

--CS Lewis

"Whenever you find a man who says he doesn't believe in a real Right and Wrong, you will find the same man going back on this a moment later."

--CS Lewis

Such a spirit who has become free stands amid the cosmos with a joyous and trusting fatalism, in the faith that only the particular is loathsome, and that all is redeemed and affirmed in the whole—he does not negate anymore. Such a faith, however, is the highest of all possible faiths: I have baptized it with the name of Dionysus." from The Twilight of The Idols...Nietzsche

The purpose of a fish trap is to catch fish. When you've caught the fish you can forget the fish trap. The purpose of a rabbit trap is to catch rabbits. When you've gotten the rabbit, you can leave the trap. The purpose of words is to convey ideas. When you've gotten the idea, you can leave the words.

Show me a person that has forgotten words, for that is a person with whom i'd like to speak.